#harmony and horror revival

[pringledraws]

The Henry puppets!

Bonus: Frankie (ignore how bright he is smth happened.)

[cherrychan-0110]

Harmony and Horror Revival Doodles

Frankie belongs to @pringledraws ❤️

[divnydoodles]

YEAAAA look at that thang. 24 fellaaa 💗���

Revival Trooper 24, a promised commander that was scrapped. After being reworked then added into the Trooper line, he still felt unbridled hate for humans.

he's homophobic /j

[offbrandhandymanny]

Masters List

I accept payments and trades (depends on the trade)

If you want anything dm me

Harmony Musical (Original Off Broadway 2022) 

Harmony Musical (Original Broadway Cast 2023)

Sweeney Todd Revival (Original Revival Cast 2023)

Oklahoma Revival Tour (Original Revival Tour Cast 2022)

The Notebook Musical (Original Chicago Cast 2023)

Heathers The Musical (Other Palace Cast 2022)

Moulin Rouge Musical (Ashley Loren 2021)

The Outsiders Musical Previews (Original Broadway Cast)

The Outsiders Musical (Original Broadway Cast)

The Outsiders Musical (Original Broadway Cast)

Water For Elephants Musical (Original Broadway Cast)

Little Shop of Horrors Off-Broadway (Jeremy Jordan 2022)

Back to The Future Musical (Original Broadway Cast)

Shucked The Musical (Original Broadway Cast)

Bonnie and Clyde The Musical (Original West End Cast Arts Theatre)

Bonnie and Clyde The Musical (West End Garrick Theatre)

Merrily We Roll Along NYCC 2023 (Original NYCC Cast)

[nancyx5601x]

[nevaehdavis5675]

Im Taking Parent Headcanon request

fandom that I can do :

The Mandela Catalogue

Fnaf ( including the books)

Bendy and the ink machine ( including Bendy and the dark revival incuding the books )

The walten files

South park

Little Nightmares ( 1 + 2 including the comics)

Harmony and horror

What I can do :

Y/N as a baby

Them Reacting to ( whatever you want example: you giving them a drawing or whatever)

Y/N as a child

Y/N as a teen

Comfort ( whatever you requested)

What I can't do :

A*use

I*cst

( anything inappropriate)

Ok thats it tell me what character you want me to do a parent Headcanon I'm bored and I have nothing else better to do

[farity]

Sorrow, part 6

"You cannot mean that, Aemond."

Alicent looked at her son, then at her father, looking for answers from either of them.

"Aemond!" she snapped.

Otto Hightower, Hand of the King, sat back, engaged in a staring contest with the one who had so far been his favorite grandson. He glanced at the young woman sitting next to him, whose eyes were firmly planted on the hands she clutched together.

"Mother," Aemond finally said, breaking the tension, "I have made my choice, and she sits next to me. She is my wife and she will remain so until the Stranger takes us. And yes," he added, "I mean it. Should either of you make further attempts to destroy my marriage, I will leave, with my wife, and with Vhagar."

He noticed his grandsire's jaw twitch.

"I'm sure the loss might tip the scales on behalf of my whore of a sister."

Alicent stood then, "have you forgotten your duty, Aemond? Where is your devotion to your family, where is your loyalty?"

Aemond lunged to place his hands on his grandfather's desk, towering over his mother. "When have loyalty and duty ever served me?" he raged.

Elyse clasped her hands tighter, Otto saw, her pale knuckles almost white.

"I've been loyal, and dutiful, all my life. Did it get me justice when that bastard took my eye? Did it get me an ounce of affection from my father?"

Alicent let out a slow breath, and had no answer to give.

"Here is my line," Aemond added, "and should you cross it, you know what I will do."

He turned to Elyse and placed a hand out. She looked up at him and placed her own smaller one on his, and he led her out of Otto's study.

* * * * *

"I do not wish to cause any strife."

"It is not you who is causing it."

"Oh, sister!"

Elyse turned at the sound of Helaena's voice, and sank into a curtsy. "Your Grace."

Aemond kissed his sister's cheek and Helaena then reached out to embrace his wife.

"I was wondering if you would sit with us in the gardens. The baby sleeps and I thought to have the children play outside."

"I would love that," Elyse said shyly, "if that is agreeable to you, husband."

Frankly, he'd much rather take her back to their rooms and kiss her some more, but he saw the small smile on her face and nodded. "Of course, I will find you later," he replied, placing a kiss on her temple.

He watched as Helaena linked arms with Elyse and led her toward the gardens, wondering if someday there might be harmony amongst them all, then turned to find a smirking Aegon looking at him.

"Well, well."

Aemond rolled his eye before bowing to his brother. "Your Grace," he said, smirking.

"Is this your way of doing penance for killing that little fuck?"

Aemond started to walk past his brother, but Aegon grabbed his arm.

"It is no penance, brother."

"Tell me, was she doing something so very interesting in her chapel that she intrigued you so? I hear she was on her knees."

"Did you not hear what she said to our gracious guests?" Aemond shook off Aegon's hand. "Or did your gossipmongering not include that horror story?"

Aegon stared after him as Aemond walked away.

* * * * *

Two hours later, Aemond was heading to the gardens, when he heard someone laughing.

He knew it wasn't Helaena, nor any of the nurses that helped with the children, and when he turned the corner to walk into the garden itself, he stopped, frozen.

Elyse was holding baby Maelor, who was busily placing drooly kisses all over her jaw, giggling and kicking his fat little legs while Elyse laughed.

He had not heard her laugh before, not seen her smile like that, and the knowledge that she would never hold a child of her own with such joy broke something inside him. If he could revive her late husband just to kill him again with his bare hands, he would do it gladly.

He watched Helaena toss her a clean cloth and Elyse wiped her jaw off, still laughing, and then she turned to find him looking at her.

Her smile froze in place, but then it started to rain, so softly at first that she didn't notice it because she was still looking at him, and then it began to rain in earnest and she looked up and laughed again before running to him as Helaena rushed her children inside.

"Come," she said, tugging at his hand.

He let her pull him out into the open, charmed by her laugh and her joy, and watched her close her eyes and feel the drops falling on her face.

"It's lovely, isn't it? It hasn't rained in so long," she murmured, eyes still closed, and Aemond, who embodied calm and restraint in most things, simply reached out and pulled her in, his hands cradling her face so he could kiss her under the rain.

He felt her smile against his lips, felt her gentle touch as she wrapped her arms around his waist and kissed him back.

Overlooking the gardens, Alicent watched the two young people for a moment before heading back to her rooms.

* * * * *

The raven arrived the next morning, with a declaration of war.

"I will return as soon as I can," he told her as he readied himself. It was the last thing he wanted to do, to leave Elyse still unsettled, but if he didn't go, who knew what Aegon might do.

It was Rhaenys, the old bitch who had nearly incinerated them all at Aegon's coronation, the self-righteous hag who had murdered hundreds of people when she emerged from beneath the boards of the dragon pit.

"Of course," she said, giving him a small smile.

"You should sleep here," he added, before he lost his nerve. "I was thinking maybe sleeping, just sleeping, with me, might help with your nightmares. And it is more comfortable than yours."

Elyse blushed, "I should like that, Aemond. I should like to share your bed."

He was too afraid to ask if she meant share his bed just to sleep, or truly share his bed. He took her hands in his and kissed the back of her fingers before kissing her lips.

"Come back to me, husband," she whispered.

"I will. I will come back to you, wife."

* * * * *

"It is difficult, this waiting."

Elyse turned to find Alicent standing at the doorway.

"Your Grace," she stood and curtsied.

"I never waited for my husband to come home from battle, but I assure you, waiting for my children is almost unbearable." Alicent walked over to where Elyse sat by the balcony. "Aemond is a very capable dragon rider, and an even better fighter, should the need arise."

Elyse watched as Alicent took her hand in hers. "My son will come home to you."

"I've watched him train," Elyse said, but I've only seen him on Vhagar a couple of times."

Alicent smiled. "He offered to take me flying once and I told him to never ask me again, but he will take you."

Elyse said nothing, unused to her mother-in-law.

"He seems to care a great deal about you."

"I care about him, too."

Alicent nodded. "I hope so, child. I truly do."

* * * * *

[sprunkisongville]

Some AU worldbuilding info as we kickoff: Geography shit

Sprunki’s live on a planet called Selete (Sel-eh-tee), and Songville is a small town in the country Zaragawa, which is also one of the smallest countries in the Kewei continent.

There are four continents- these are based off of the Incredibox categories but does not mean that those categories live in those areas-: Bartalara (often has horned sprunkis), Kewei (often has mixed sprunkis but most often animal-like ones), Ezela (often has flying sprunki’s), and Vidiocoa (often has alien-like sprunkis). Sprunkis tend to have mixes of these features though, or lack thereof, which is never an issue, there just tends to be certain populous often in certain areas.

Countries of Bartalara: Tobrus, Bley Shana, Rotracia, Kospia

Countries of Kewei: Zaragawa, Athua, Ethistan, Aglea, Cheytan

Countries of Ezela: Shousia, Daclary, Briece

Countries of Vidiocoa: Dangra, Jostil, Skaysil, Passila

Songville is a tiny town with a population of just 23 (Blake doesn’t live there and the weird sentient shit isn’t being counted). Nearby the town are two bigger ones about thirty minutes away: Melodiana and Feris.

Sprunkis are similar to humans and refer to their animals as ones on earth- however, said animals look different, have extra or lack of certain features, and are different colors.

Each continent has their own common language that is equivalent to the four main common ones in america- Bartaliese (Vietnamese), Kewish (English), Ezalian (Spanish), and Vidiocoan (French). This is why Jevin knows Spanish/Ezalian. They can also have accents- this is why Jevin’s voiceclaim is british.

All Sprunki can make musical sounds with their vocal cords- this is often used to bond with others such as friends or lovers, especially such when harmonizing- a musical noise can be a sign of friendship or an offer of friendship. However, some Sprunki’s have a condition where making such noises with their voices is difficult, thus they use external sources or have strange sounding harmonies that can come out strained, short, or off key. Characters who have this are Vineria, Grey, Clukr, and Garnold (Clukr used a symbol, Garnold used his suit, Vineria uses her wigs and Grey’s voice can only make a very low hum). This is basically like having Sprunki autism- the condition is referred to as RHD (Rigor Harmonic Disorder), or Rigor Harmonic. Some people see those with this condition as lesser than, but it’s not common- Selete and all countries within the planet have livelihoods surrounded by the idea of peace, fun, and friendships, with only a few bad apples.

Selete has two moons- Pancri and Kansan, as well as its own sun- sentient and able to astral project itself, though for some reason preferring Songville. Songville has a certain aura to it- people tend to try and avoid it despite the nice neighborhood for reasons they usually can’t explain- it’s also the place where Jevin begins to have visions of the end of the world. In reality, it’s not the end of the world; similar to that of Weirdmageddon in Gravity Falls, Songville is a strange place, so strange that Blake can’t seem to effect the world outside of the town and often demands to learn how during horror mode (Horror Period, as they refer to it), which nobody knows the answer to. Blakes defeat results in revival, but serious injuries that leave people needing to be rushed to the hospital in Feris so they don’t die permanently. These traumas do however bring the town closer together, yet at the same time, a bit further apart as well. It’s a touchy subject for everyone, especially Wenda, who’d practically been brainwashed. Hardly anyone trusted her, and she never blamed them- in fact, afterwards, she ended up nicer than she had been beforehand (as did Magness).

[dustedmagazine]

Wussy — Cincinnati Ohio (Shake It)

Over the last quarter century, Wussy has quietly built an impressive catalogue, eight albums including this one that span heartfelt alt.Americana, fiery jangle rock and an almost shoegaze-y wall-of-sheen sound. Led by Chuck Cleaver, once of twang punk’s Ass Ponys, and Lisa Walker, the band can sound like Eleventh Dream Day or a Sally Timms-forward Mekons (Jon Langford painted the cover art). In the silvery fog of “Desperation A.M., you might catch an echo of Yo La Tengo’s Georgia Hubley, but in the more strident opener, “The Great Divide” you’re more likely to hit on the Feelies side project Wild Carnation (Brenda Sauter played a show with Wussy in early November). Wussy touches a lot of solid indie-to-country rock bases, while remaining very much its own thing.

The songs vary a good deal depending on whether Cleaver or Walker sings lead. Their voices are very different, for one thing, Cleaver’s a wobbly, weatherbeaten, country tenor and Walker’s a cool, enveloping, faintly disembodied vehicle for dream pop. Both write songs, too, so if the writer is also the main singer, that may account for some of the divergence, too. But in any case, just to take the singles, “Sure as the Sun,” one of Cleaver’s, reels and bucks like a revival tune run amok on a wild horse. His voice is cracked and wizened, but fully capable of conveying both tune and emotion. The guitars crash, the bass thunders, the drums wallop, but an aura of resignation pervades. “And if there is a heaven, I don’t think that’s where I’ll head, I’d rather stick around and hang with you instead,” he sings, linking the mundane and the spiritual in a very Wussy way.

Walker takes the lead in the other single, “Inhaler” a slashing country rocker suffused in clouds of dread. Her voice is clean and dry in the verse, wobbling only a little with vibrato. But it’s in the multi-voiced chorus that she comes into her own. “It’s a swing and a miss and our hero is down today, and I check the brakes, and I fill the tank, his tornado is pulling away,” she trills, the main vocal line crisscrossed with descants and counterparts. There’s something giddy, something a little desperate about how this song hurtles forward, flinging itself off precipices only to be buoyed by clouds of harmony.

The pedal steel is one other factor that nudges these songs away from indie rock and into Americana, and therein hangs a tale. Wussy’s long-time pedal steel player Jon Erhardt died partway through the recording process, having completed just two songs. It’s him you can hear on the bare and ruminative “The Night We Missed the Horror Show” and on “Days and Hours”’ whirling torch song. Travis Talbert finished the job, adding the lovely glow of pedal steel to atmospheric “Desperation A.M.” and playing on three other tracks. Both add density and feeling to the Wussy sound, a subtle but essential. Likewise, when bassist Mark Messerly switches to accordion on “The Ghosts Keep Me Alive” and, later, “Disaster About You,” it tips the sound in a deeper, richer, more countrified direction.

Wussy is a bit of a cult favorite now, and long-time fans will undoubtedly have different reactions to this late period recording. Still, even coming to them fresh and without any prior connection, the sound is wonderfully rich and varied and the lyrics provocative without preciousness. If, like me, you’ve come all this way without running into Wussy, maybe it’s time to check in.  

Jennifer Kelly

[wizardiest-wizard-of-oz]

if anyone wants I have a musicals playlist that's over 200 hours that has I think around 205 musicals here's an alphabetized list let me know if I'm missing any I should add (I don't like Andrew lloyd Webber musicals and I'm also not a huge fan of jukebox musicals more specifically mamma Mia) and if anyone wants a link please ask me

13

21 Chump Street

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

35MM

36 Questions

42nd Street

The Addams Family

Aida

Aladdin

Alice by Heart

Allegro

Amelie

Anastasia

Ani

Annie Get Your Gun

Annie

Anything Goes

Avenue Q

Back to the Future

Bat Boy

Beauty and the Beast

Beetlejuice

Be More Chill

The Big One-Oh

Billy Elliot

Black Friday

Bombshell

Bonnie and Clyde

Book of Mormon

Brigadoon

Bring it On

Once More With Feeling (Buffy musical)

Bugsy Malone

Bye Bye Birdie

Cabaret

Camelot

Carousel

Carrie

Catch Me if You Can

A Catered Affair

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Chess

Chicago

A Chorus Line

Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein)

The Colour Purple

Come From Away

Company

Crybaby

Curtains

Damn Yankees

Days of Wine and Roses

Dear Evan Hansen

Desperate Measures

Dog Man

Dreamgirls

Dreamland

Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog

Drowsy Chaperone

Duolingo on Ice

Elegies

Epic (all released sagas)

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Falsettoland

Falsettos Revival

Firebringer

Flora the Red Menace

Follies

Fosse

Frankenstein

Frozen

Fun Home

Funny Girl

A Funny Thing Happened

A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

Grand Hotel

Grease

The Great American Trailer Park

Grey Gardens

Gutenberg

Guys and Dolls

The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals

G*psy

Hadestown (broadway)

Hadestown (off broadway)

Hairspray

Hair

Hamilton

Harmony

Heathers

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Hello Dolly

Honk

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (this one is just for Patrick page)

How to Dance in Ohio

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Hunchback of Notre Dame

In the Green

In the Heights

Into the Woods

In Trousers

It Shoulda Been You

Jekyll and Hyde

Kimberly Akimo

The King and I

Kinky Boots

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Legally Blonde

Lempicka

Les Miserables (english and french)

The Lightning Thief

The Lion King

Little Do They Know

The Little Mermaid

A Little Night Music

Little Shop of Horrors (english and german)

Little Women

Lizard Boy

Love in Hate Nation

Love's Labours Lost

Mad Ones

Make Me a Song

Mame

A Man of No Importance

March of the Falsettos

Marguerite

Martin Guerre

Mary Poppins

Matilda

Mean Girls

Merrily We Roll Along

Miss Saigon

Monty Python's Spamalot

The Music Man

My Fair Lady

My Heart Says Go

My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do)

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

Nerdy Prudes Must Die (I only have one song because I'm waiting to watch it with my friend before adding more)

A New Brain

Newsies

New York, New York

Next to Normal

Nightmare Time

Nine

Octet

Oklahoma

Oliver

Once On This Island

Once Upon a Mattress

Only Murders in the Building (Death Rattle Dazzle)

The Pyjama Game

Parade

Pippin

The Prince of Egypt

Prodigal

The Producers

The Prom

Ragtime

Ride the Cyclone

The Rink

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Schmigadoon

Schmicago

Scottsburo Boys

Seussical

She Loves Me

Sherlock

Shrek

Shucked

Six

Smash

Some Like it Hot

Something Rotten

The Sound of Music

South Pacific

Spiderman Turn off the Dark

The Spitfire Grill

Spongebob

Spring Awakening

Starship

State Fair

Sunday in the Park with George

Superhero

Sweeney Todd

Sweet Charity

The Theory of Relativity

Thoroughly Modern Millie

Tick Tick Boom

The Time Traveller's Wife

The Trail to Oregon

Twisted

Urinetown

A VHS Christmas Carol

The Visit

Waitress

Wait Wait Don't Kill Me

West Side Story

Wicked

Water for Elephants

Wizard of Oz

The Wiz

Zombie Prom

Zorba

[pringledraws]

Me when I love a robo

Art credits: @divnydoodles & @cringey-tea (⁠*⁠ﾉ⁠・⁠ω⁠・⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠♫

[cherrychan-0110]

Sleepy Doodle Dump

Cherry/Revival’s Trooper Henry (belongs to @cringey-tea)

Twf oc stuff

Big Ole Au’s Felix/Mari phone doodles *screams and rips my skin off

[divnydoodles]

WOOOOO OMG 💗💗💗✨🙌🏼

Revival Au, Arcadia Staff Mari belongs to @cherrychan-0110 Devon belongs to @chrismangaming

Frankie belongs to @pringledraws

[athingdevoted]

❄️  (  melisa pamuk.  cis woman.  she/her  )  in  krovograd  ,  survival  is  a  test  of  both  skill  and  morality  —  will  SEDEF KAMALOVA  withstand  the  horrors  ,  or  will  the  city  break  them  ?  over  the  comms  ,  their  voice  cuts  through  the  static  :  “MAY GOD FORGIVE YOU, BECAUSE I WON'T.”  our  records  confirm  they  are  a  THIRTY-FOUR  year  old  LAND RESEARCHER  ,  assigned  to  VESTIGE  for  8 YEARS.  field  reports  describe  them  as  CONFIDENT & AMBITIOUS ,  though  firsthand  accounts  suggest  they  are  equally  CRUEL & SELFISH  under  pressure.  there’s  something  about  them  —  something  in  the  way  they  move  ,  speak  ,  or  fight  —  that  brings  to  mind  THE HAND THAT FEEDS (  NINE INCH NAILS  ).  maybe  it's  just  a  coincidence.  or  maybe  ,  it  says  everything.

i.

NAME SEDEF KAMALOVA. ADDRESSED AS DR. KAMALOVA ⸺STRICTLY, OR ELSE SHE WON'T ANSWER. DOB 15TH JULY, 1972. POB KYIV, UKRAINIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC ( FORMELY ), NOW UKRAINE . CURRENT LOCATION KROVOGRAD. GENDER CIS WOMAN. PRONOUNS SHE/HER. OCCUPATION FIELD RESEARCHER, BIOLOGIST, CHEMIST, GENETICIST ETHNICITY TURKISH NATIONALITY UKRANIAN LANGUAGES SPOKEN UKRANIAN, RUSSIAN, TURKISH & ENGLISH EDUCATION MOST NOTABLE DEGREES INCLUDE PHD IN CHEMISTRY FROM KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY & A PHD IN CELLULAR BIOLOGY FROM TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV

ii.

SIBLINGS NONE. MARITAL STATUS WED. CHILDREN NONE. HEIGHT FIVE FOOT NINE INCHES.HAIR DARK BROWN. EYES BROWN, UNDER CERTAIN LIGHT ALMOST HAZEL. SCENT MILD TRACES OF TOBACCO AND ETHYLENE MIXED WITH CEDAR & BERGAMOT MYERS-BRIGGS INTP CHARACTER INSPIRATION VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN ( FRANKENSTEIN ) , MAD HATTER ( ALICE IN WONDERLAND ), JULIUS NO ( DR. NO ), MADAME OLIVIER ( THE BIG FOUR ), HARMONY COBEL ( SEVERENCE ), DOCTOR LERNE ( LE DOCTEUR LERNE, SOUS-DIEU )

HISTORY general triggers apply.

1886 ⸺ the first kamalovs make their way across the border and settle in a city called kyiv. they come as doctors and diplomats, offering a cultural exchange. they're not originally called kamalovs, but years of cultural integrations result in the surname kamalov - derived from the name kamal, of her great ancestor.

1967 ⸺ altan kamalov and dilara giray are wed in podil, the old district of kyiv. altan kamalov, at the time, is most notably known as a prominent soviet politician, while dilara giray is best known for her work as a diplomat.

1972 ⸺ the birth of sedef marks a new chapter for the kamalovs. up until this point, they're politicians, doctors and engineers. nothing smaller and something grander is certainly expected from sedef.

1988 ⸺ at 16, sedef gradutes a year earlier than her peers and leaves high school behind to pursue a higher education.

1989 ⸺ at 17, she enrolls in taras shevchenko national university of kyiv, focusing respectively on a dual-degree program ⸺ one in biology and one in chemistry. no one can deny that sedef is a brilliant woman of science. what they fear, instead, is how that geniusness threatens to unfold.

1992 ⸺ despite the fall of the soviet union a year prior, the kamalovs remain safe and mostly untouched, and now with two degrees under her belt, sedef is for the first time contacted by vestige pharmaceuticals. in the same year, she visits krovograd for the first time / becomes an associate for the vestige pharmaceuticals. they offer her a contract at just the age of 21, but she refuses. she wants a masters first.

1993 ⸺1997 during this period, sedef is only loyal to one goal, which includes furthering her education. she manages to obtain two master degrees and begins working on her first doctorate.

1998 ⸺ her first contract with vestige is signed. she becomes one of the core scientists working on project sable. it's all she's ever wanted from life.

1999 ⸺ sedef, other than working for vestige, makes a breakthrough in her research. while studying the division of cells under the influence of radiation, she succeeds at reviving a dead hound. it's from this moment that sedef thinks she can play god.

2000 ⸺ in the summer of 2000, she leaves krovograd for a brief month to get married. the wedding's certainly not a spectacle, but everyone who is someone is there. she doesn't take her husband's name. that would entail too much paperwork.

2001 ⸺ 2006 in the span between 2001 and 2006, sedef does her best to see her plans and visions come to fruition. she does not fear the mutated, for they are hers, her creation. still, she wants to take things a step further. as of late, she's been researching the cells of dying hollow men. one of them, however, includes the unseen horror. ( girly is working on manmade horrors beyond human comprehension. )

fun facts and extra tidbits !!! ⸺ the kamalovs have always suffered from pulmonary diseases. sedef in turn is a notorious smoker. ( but her family's history of diseases certainly isn't known by anyone ). ⸺ her moral ethics are questionable at best. in recent years, she's become severely cruel and prone to outbursts of ruthlessness. the goal always justifies the means. it's all a playground to her. she wants to see the world burn so she can build it anew.⸺ she's certainly the type who, when infected, lies until the very end and tells everyone that nothing's wrong.⸺ the basic rule of keeping sedef on your side is very simple. don't question her motives or ethics and don't get in her way. ⸺ believes that her discoveries and findings are a gift to humanity. in a sense, they are but at what cost? ⸺ developed a 'bio-weapon' that's not much talked about, but basically, she isolated snake venom and managed to turn it into vapor, which once inhaled can burn up a person's insides. she has a snake enclosure inside her office, which hosts at least ten snakes.

[leasthaunted]

Garth's Guide to the Picturesque Art Movement

This post is a companion to the Garth's Corner for Episode 106: The Dick Knight Rises (link). I showed Cody several examples of Picturesque landscape paintings and landscape paintings made before this movement.

The artwork of the Renaissance was a revival of old Greek and Roman ideas of geometric perfection, symmetry, proportion, and harmony. Here are some examples.

Andrea Mantegna "Garden of Gethsemane" (1470)

Nicolas Poussin "Apollo in Love with Daphne" (1664)

Nicolas Poussin "Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice" (1651)

The term "picturesque" concerns two aesthetic ideals - both the beautiful and the sublime. In the 1700s artists were becoming interested in rendering landscapes in a new way. They painted more evocatively, making the landscape the central focus and record of their own experience. They wanted to capture the majesty of nature.

Artists Thomas Gray had this to say about the Scottish Highlands:

"The mountains are ecstatic […]. None but those monstrous creatures of God know how to join so much beauty with so much horror."

Examples of the Picturesque:

Claude Lorrain "A view of the Roman Campagna from Tivoli, evening" (1645)

Figures in Classical Landscape - Flemish School (early 1700s)

Richard Wilson "Solitude" (1762-1770)

Thus began a tourist craze of landscape trophy hunting. Artist and Cleric William Gilpin remarked, "Shall we suppose it a greater pleasure to the sportsman to pursue a trivial animal, than it is to the man of taste to pursue the beauties of nature?"

Normally I use several sources (up to two!) for my Garth's Corners, but for this one I used Wikipedia. Here's a link to that, the last great website on a dying internet.

And, yes I'm an ass man. Here's two versions of the von Ahnen coat of arms:

We'll try to keep this tumblr up to date from here on.

[jclemuss]

Psychoanalysis and Subjectivity

"Thriller" by Michael Jackson, released in 1983, is not just a song but an iconic cultural phenomenon, with its music video setting new standards for the industry. Directed by John Landis, the video is a mini horror film featuring Jackson as a charismatic young man transformed into a werewolf alongside his love interest, played by Ola Ray. The video showcases Jackson's unparalleled talent as a performer, with his electrifying dance moves and mesmerizing presence. Its groundbreaking special effects and narrative storytelling revolutionized the music video medium, becoming an instant classic. "Thriller" remains a timeless masterpiece, captivating audiences with its fusion of music, dance, and cinema, leaving an indelible mark on pop culture for generations to come. 

Sigmund Freud's essay "The Uncanny" explores the concept of the uncanny, or the eerie feeling of discomfort or unease experienced when something seems strangely familiar yet simultaneously foreign or unsettling. Freud delves into various aspects of the uncanny, including its connection to repressed desires, the repetition of specific themes or motifs in literature and art, and its association with the return of the repressed. He ultimately suggests that the uncanny arises from the revival of primitive beliefs and fears, often related to death, castration, or the supernatural, which have been repressed into the unconscious mind. This reminds me of the entire motive of the music video, which is the aspect of death. Sigmund said, “the primitive fear of the dead is still so strong within us and always ready to come to the surface at any opportunity”(Freud, 369). Death is the main factor that spikes an uncanny feeling. Our conscious mind feels eerie when we can not define whether something is animate or inanimate. This can also be viewed through the lens of Fenon’s theory because of the transformation, performance, and cultural appropriation that happens in this video. A transformation can be seen as a metaphor for the way Black individuals have been historically portrayed as "other" or different in Western society, often associated with fear and negativity. However, it also ties into Lacan’s theory of identity and self-representation. The transformation can be interpreted as a commentary on the pressure for Black individuals to conform to white standards of beauty and behavior, which makes them see themselves differently because of social interactions. 

Question: How often do you see the black community transform into something other than being black, and how much of an impact do you think it has?

"Black or White" is a groundbreaking music video by the iconic artist Michael Jackson, released in 1991. Directed by John Landis, the video captivates audiences with its innovative visual effects and powerful message of racial unity. Opening with a diverse array of faces from around the world morphing into one another, the video symbolizes the interconnectedness of humanity. Jackson's electrifying dance moves and charismatic performance are showcased against a backdrop of vibrant sets and dynamic choreography. The video's climax features a montage of people breaking through barriers, emphasizing diversity, acceptance, and equality themes. Through its striking imagery and infectious rhythm, "Black or White" remains a testament to Jackson's unparalleled talent and a timeless anthem for social change and harmony.

Frantz Fanon's essay "The Negro and Psychopathology" delves into the psychological impact of colonialism and racism on Black individuals. Fanon explores how the experience of oppression and discrimination leads to a profound sense of alienation, identity crisis, and psychological trauma among Black people. Frantz Fanon said, “The Negro recognizes the unreality of many of the beliefs that he has adopted with reference to the subjective attitude of the white man”(Fanon, 115). He implies that Black individuals have internalized certain beliefs or attitudes, possibly about themselves or about the world, that are based on the perspective or viewpoint of white people. However, they have come to recognize that some of the beliefs held by white people are not grounded in reality or are false. This means that things that are said about the black community usually is said to make them feel bad. The saddest part is that it is so engraved in our system that naturally, it just reproduces.

One aspect that correlates with Fanon's ideas is Jackson's own experience of racial identity. Throughout his life, Jackson grappled with questions of race and belonging, facing scrutiny and pressure to conform to societal expectations of blackness. His changing appearance, particularly his skin color, sparked speculation and debate about his racial identity and self-image. Fanon would likely view Jackson's transformation as a manifestation of the internalized racism prevalent in societies where lighter skin is often associated with beauty and success. This also makes me think about how his skin transformation can be perceived as uncanny. The transformation can be perceived as uncanny due to its combination of familiarity and strangeness, its psychological implications, the public reaction it elicited, and its broader cultural significance. It made him seem familiar but also unfamiliar. 

This scene of the music video resonates with Jacques Lacan’s “The Mirror Stage as Formative of the Function of the I” through its exploration of identity, diversity, and unity. Just as Lacan explains that the mirror stage marks a pivotal moment in the formation of the self, the video showcases individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, highlighting the complexity of identity formation in a multicultural world. Lacan said, "Whence it is that the relation of the individual subject to his own images is apprehended, prior to any grasp of it by the self, in a specular relation of the organism to its reality, and that, whatever may be the degree of elaboration of the imaginary function, its mediation is necessarily situated in the intersubjective dialectic"(Lacan). This statement explains that individuals have an inherent, perhaps unconscious, relationship with their mental images or representations, which reflects their perception of reality. This relationship is influenced by interpersonal dynamics and interactions, highlighting the interconnectedness between self-awareness and social experiences. Social interactions really change the way one views oneself, which sadly becomes subconscious critiquing.

Question: Do you guys view transformation as uncanny, and why do you think some people do? Do you think when you first understood your image was the only time you fully saw/respected yourself?

Sources

Freud, Sigmund. "The Uncanny." The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, edited by James Strachey, vol. 17, Hogarth Press, 1955, pp. 219-256.

Lacan, Jacques. "The Mirror Stage as Formative of the Function of the I." Écrits: A Selection. Translated by Bruce Fink, W.W. Norton & Company, 2002, pp. 75-81.

Fanon, Frantz. "The Negro and Psychopathology." Black Skin, White Masks, translated by Charles Lam Markmann, Grove Press, 2008, pp. 99-127.